Hi, I just bought a 2002 f250 last week. It has 180000 miles and it came with a superchips 1705(three tune) tuner. Right now it is set on the high performance mode because I'm assuming that will get me the most fuel efficiency. However, I have read that I should probably be running at least an EGT gauge and a tranny temp gauge. I am not towing anything heavy and I don't live in high elevation. I may be pulling my jeep on a flat bed at some point though. Should I be buying some gauges? If so, what marks should I be staying under? Thanks in advance!

As already said gauges are always a good idea. Where do you live, are there any hills or mountains around? If so, I would not tow anything with the tunes loaded in the truck until I got some gauges. If you need to tow something before you get gauges, I would go back to stock.

If you add power definitely. The digital gauges are the easiest to install I went with the DP Tuner Infinity because of the digital gauges. It is also a diagnostic computer and a PCM programmer. Good stuff!!!

I live in northwest Missouri. Not a lot of hills and I won't be towing anything for a while. Heaviest ill be pulling is my jeep on a flat bed. By then I should have gauges. This weekend I am driving to Columbia (3.5 hours) and I was just wondering if I was going to need gauges but I have had multiple guys tell me no in person. I imagine if the truck has 180k miles without gauges it will probably live another 400 without them...

If you run hot tunes with no gauges you won't be running for long, even on flat ground if you hot rod it. I have intake and exhaust mods and even in a relatively mild tune I can see 1K* if I get on it for any time at all.

Gauges should be the first thing you do, this allows you to derive a good baseline so you can see how future mods affect the powertrain. Even a stock truck that never tows can still benefit from having gauges. I would also look at getting some better tunes than the old 1705 tuner.

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Stay within the limits that superchips recommends for the setting you are running, and you may be ok. It's not all brimstone and fire if you opt to run a tuner without gauges, just be sensible or it can be! As for the superchips tune, I used to run it and it wasn't bad at all. The tow performance tune was the economy winner for me too. I got some PHP tunes and I like them, it was better than the canned tunes indeed.

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